Unattributed “No. 14 Map of the Chief Part of the Western States including Western Virginia"

Unattributed.  “No. 14 Map of the Chief Part of the Western States including Western Virginia.” From Mitchell's School and Family Geography.

Philadelphia: S. Augustus Mitchell, Sr, 1852.  11 x 16 ½.  Lithograph.  Original hand color.  Minor staining and scuffing in margins with two ink smudges.  Else, good condition. 

An excellent map of the United States from S. Augustus Mitchell's influential School Atlas. The maps shows the continental U.S. with good detail throughout, including a large Nebraska Territory reaching all the way to the Canadian border. The map depicts topographical information with clear precision, marking towns, rivers, roads, and counties. Other interesting features abound, including indications of mines, forts and Indian tribes.